July 9, 2020 By Lisa Friedman The New York Times
The species was declared critically endangered on Thursday, with fewer than 450 left.
Northern Right Whales Are on the Brink, and Trump Could Be Their Last Hope
After Fighting Plastic in ‘Paradise Lost,’ Sisters Take On Climate Change
July 3, 2020 By Richard C. Paddock The New York Times
It was trash season on Bali, the time of year when monsoon storms wash up tons of plastic debris onto the island’s beaches. It was also the time for two teenage sisters, Melati and Isabel Wijsen, to organize their annual island cleanup.
Plastic-Tracking Yacht Adds Splash of Environmentalism to Ocean Racing
July 2, 2020 By Amélie Botollier-Depois AFP
When he sets sail alone for a gruelling round-the-world yacht race this year Fabrice Amedeo will have a scientific mission to add to his sporting goal: collecting microplastics.
Opinion: Saving The Oceans With Advanced Transportation Technologies
July 1, 2020 By Rahul Razdan Forbes
Sustainability is driven by a carbon pipeline consisting of demand for energy, efficient delivery of energy to the end user, and finally dealing with the consequences of the process in the form of pollution. Virtualization, electrification, sequestration are powerful tools to accelerate the development of sustainable systems. Virtualization and electrification have powerful economic models which drive investment. However, sequestration is the least developed because it deals primarily with pollution.
Ground Game: How the Water We Can’t See Can Harm the Chesapeake Bay
June 30, 2020 By Rona Kobell Chesapeake Quarterly
When raindrops fall, where do they go? Some fall directly into streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay. Some slide down roofs and driveways and flow into storm drains, which often release this runoff, and all it carries, into nearby bodies of water. And some will hit the ground and sink in, where they may be drawn up by the roots of plants or sink deeper to collect in underground reservoirs, called aquifers.